家族とカップルのための美しいノルマンディー地方のルブルーエ

For a number of years David and I have dreamed of owning a property in France, then in 2011 our dream became a reality. I moved here in the summer of 2012 on my own whilst David continued working in the UK as an electrician. Finally, David moved here to join me in March 2014. Our love affair with France continued and in May 2015 we were married in a lovely ceremony at the Mairie followed by a reception in our garden surrounded by family and friends. Since then we have become involved with our village Comite de Salle de Fetes and help to organise our annual Apero Concert and Mechoui. France has become our home and we look forward to sharing our little corner with you.

Our search for a home in France began in 2008 in the Aude region. We both love the area around Carcassonne and were looking for a holiday home that could become a permament home once we retired. The more we searched the more we realised that what we wanted was to live in France now but we quickly realised that would not be possible in the Aude. We thought long and hard about where we could put down roots and decided that Normandy with its ease of access to the UK would be ideal. I cannot remember how many properties we looked at, but we had decided that we would come over for one last weekend to check out a property we had seen on a previous visit and hopefully make an offer. Our estate agent suggested we look at one more place, so we saw the first house in the morning and arranged to see the second property in the afternoon. We made the decision that unless the final place was amazing we would offer on the first. Well, we checked out the first place, decided it could work for us but that we would wait before making an offer. We cheekily drove through Le Guislain and found what we thought was the second house before our official visit in the afternoon. I remember looking down the drive and thinking 'if this is it tI want it'! To cut a long story short...it was the one. We made an offer that evening, which was accepted the following day. Six weeks later the house was ours. Why did we choose this one? The gites were already up and running although they did need some work to smarten them up. The house needed more work (and still needs it), but we fell in love wth the fireplaces. Most importantly, it felt right and it felt like home.